Whenever you go to a steak house, you nevertheless expect them to make you a good vegetable salad. The following areas are not our ‘house specialty’. However, these are the ‘must’s of our practice.

• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Employment & Labor
• Dispute Management

Taxation

Tax advice inherently plays its role in our firm’s practice of law. Our clients seek advice on a variety of tax issues, but mainly on the application and enforcement of income tax, including all forms capital gains and withholding taxes, social security taxes, value added tax and customs duties.

We have:

• helped clients develop tax models for their business and obtain tax exemptions;
• assisted international tax experts in formulating tax efficient structures for their clients with interests in Moldova;
• negotiated with tax authorities on various tax implications for clients in different industries;
• litigated on Moldovan tax matters.

Real Estate

We have the necessary experience to work on:

• real estate sales and purchases;
• property developments;
• leases of production facilities, office spaces and residential premises.

Employment & Labor

Almost all of our permanent clients require, from time to time, employment and labor law advice.

• we have advised clients on numerous aspects of Moldovan employment and labor law;
• we help negotiate and draft individual employment contracts;
• we assist with collective bargaining agreements;
• we advise shareholders on how to shape arrangements with senior management;
• we have helped in handling difficult employment terminations;
• although we are much in favor of amiable settlements and seek to advise clients accordingly, we have litigated in employment-related matters;
• we have also advised and represented employees seeking to challenge groundless terminations.

Dispute Management

Turcan & Turcan is primarily a transactional law firm. However, we are often asked to get involved into various disputes.

• we help clients negotiate and structure out-of-court settlements;
• we have 'complex litigation' experience within all the levels of the Moldovan court system; we are selective about our court cases;
• we cooperate with the litigation counsel of our business clients on 'offence' and 'defense' strategy formulation and development.

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